Taxes due August 1

Thursday

Jul 26, 2007 at 12:01 AM

Fiscal 2008 preliminary real estate and personal property tax bills were recently mailed by the Holden collector's office. The bottom section of the bill should be remitted with your check for the amount due August 1, and the middle section should be sent in with your November 1 payment. If paying at the office on the second floor of the Starbard Municipal Office Building, bring the entire bill.

Bills may also be paid on-line at townofholden.net and click "Pay Bills Online." Have the bill and your checkbook (NOT a debit card and NOT a deposit slip) or MasterCard or Discover credit card ready to enter the bill number and payment information. There is no charge if payment is made from a checking account, but taxpayers will be responsible for payment of the processing fees charged by a credit card company.

As prescribed by state law, preliminary tax bills contain no assessment information and do not show a tax rate. They are based upon the amount of taxes assessed for fiscal 2007. Taxpayers applying for exemptions or abatements must wait until after the actual bills are mailed in December.

State law also requires that the town bill the assessed owner as of January 1, 2007, based upon information obtained from the Registry of Deeds. Duplicate bills have been mailed to taxpayers who purchased property in Holden between January 1 and May 31, 2007. Call the office if you bought property in Holden during that period and do not have a tax bill.